To me I read "curated" as "picked by a human, not an algorithm". I guess it could also be "picked by a sufficiently advanced algorithm that is as good as a human".
Curated probably wouldn't make sense on this list because it's used a lot outside of the startup world as well. Plus, curated is usually used to mean exactly what it does mean.
I hope tech crunch did this purely tongue in cheek, if it weren't for the likes of them, the terms they are fileting are the argot they and their industry, tech 'journalism,' pick up, amplify, popularize and abuse wouldn't become ubiquitous. Then they have the audacity to ridicule the industry.
As one of the co-authors of the piece, I just want you to know that it was done 98% tongue-in-cheek and maybe 2% self-loathing. It wasn't meant to be a serious at all, despite the fact that some "definitions" are more biting than others.
> Good exits happen when you’re “killing it,” your company hasn’t killed you yet, and another company comes along to buy yours. (See possibly, acqui-hire.) Bad exits are another way of saying you failed to disrupt much of anything besides your VC’s portfolio performance.
last time my boss asked me how was my side project for the team going (I am from enterprise world), i replied i haven't reached MVP yet. he paused a while and puzzled saying I will buy you a ring then
TechCrunch doesn't even make money and what they produce is shoddy journalism at best. How are they going to go around criticizing others who try to do something?
Douchebag journalists are WAY worse because they believe the bullshit they spew. At least startup douchebags get a whiff of their own shit.
Curated means that the company chose to sell certain things, and not sell other things. How novel. Walmart curates its product offerings.
There are some days where every third listing on ProductHunt is "A curated collection of ______".